Bottle-filling machine



. Jui 28,1925.

. A. I. RISSER BOTTLE FILLING CHINE Filed May 31, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Qkk July 28, 1925.- 1,547,823

' A. I. RISSER BOTTLE FILL-1N6 mcnmn Filed May' 31. 1 922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 28, 1925.

UNITEDSTATES ARTHUR I.

mssmpr CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, As'sIGNoR Tons. BQT'ILERS MACHINE 1t? 00., F CHICAGO, ILLINo s, AconronATIouo'E n I oIs;,

' BOTTLE-Emilie MACHINE.

J np ncauon'fiiea May 31, 1272s.; Seriai No. $64,913.

T 0 all whom it may concern. Be it known that' I; ARTHUR I. 'RISSER,

3 a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Filling Machines, 'ofwhichlthe following is a specification. I. J

This invention relates to automatic machinesifor filling each oneofa series of loottles, passed .throiigh themachine, to a v pre-- determined height. L 1

" "The object of. the invention 35a) provide of=the prior art in which they are elevated such ainachinein which the 'bottleszalways travel in substantially the same horizontal plane, thereby doing away with the oppor- V tunityfor injury which arises in machines and depressed during the filling: operation. :The further. object of theinvention is to provide L a:rsiphon bottlafillingi mechanism which automatically seals itself without'the use of movable valves. during the time it has to beout of liquid in entering and "leav ing thebottl'e to be filled.-

The invention consists in mechanism for attaining the foregoing and other objects hereafter set forth in thezspecification and claim, which. can be easily and cheaply made, which :is satisfactory'in use and is not readilyliable to get out of order.

Referring-to the drawings in which like L numerals designate the same parts through-- out the several viewsi' Figure 1 is a section showing a machine embodying this invention in its preferred 7 form, thesamebeing taken 'on the line 1'-1 of 'Figure.3.' -Figure 2 is a of the"machine taken from 22 'ofFigure-3. 1

.-Figure '3 is a plan'view of the machine faceview of the upper part the position 7' "takenviust below the. frame member 60,

hereafter vdescribed. I

Figure 4 1s a sectional end view on the hne' L-A of Figure 3.

I Figurefiis ais'ectional View of the siphon mechanism f the siphon tube raised the insertiontoraremoval.of a bottle'. ;w ,"Figu're 6 is .a changed position View of the-parts of Figure5 as they appeari'whenbottle filling 'is' actually taking place.

xaFigurea 7 1193 perspective- 'view of the siphon me'chanism--removed from other partsof'the device. if 1 Rising "from thefactory floor: or 5 other suitable support "10. is a: table .fraine 12, having j ournalled in its center a vertic al shaft 14, carrying a rotatableftable." top 16; "and adjacent to this'tableqframe 12 is another elongatedframe 18;. having" mounted in it for horizontal travel the I: continuous' belt or conveyer 20,' propelled by Ca. suitable source of power beyond Figures 3 ahd-"f4: (not' "en-.

tering into this invention and" therefore not shown indetail) j The upper section of vthis horizontal 'belt is conventionally mounted upon a set-iof rollers 22 which: ma-intain,;it.

substantially level in all [positions of move ment; while the lower partof the belt-trav' elstover'aplarge pulleyf 24 and is held: in

place thereon by the auxiliary -rollers26f Inside this pulley p24 is a conventional clutch mechanism 28 of any conventional form, having. clutch arms :30 engaging clutch cone 32 conventionally operatable by hand lever 34 in such manner that the ro-y tary movementof pulley 2e may be selec-; tively communicated to shaft 36 jo'urnalled. in frames 18 and 12 and carrying'on its end: a in frame 12: a bev'elled-pinion38meshing with a gear 40cm shaft 14, whereby, lwhen lever-34 is movedto have pulley 24 rotate shaft 36,- theshaft 14c; and. consequently: table 16,- is rotated thereby. Gonveyer. belt:

20 is of'sufficient width so that one or more rect course of travel with the belt 20 isinterrupted in proximityto the tabletop 16- by a'curvedintake trackway 451-46 which,

assuming that bottles are traveling from left to right across Figure 8, compels the bottles to travel ofl from the belt and onto the table top 16 and by the delivery trackway 48-50, which causes bottleswhich have made substantially a complete circuit of the table l6-'-to return to the belt 20 and complete their path of travel on belt 20 to the extremeright hand side of the machine.

Table top 16 carries in its center a liquid supply tank 52, preferably but not necessarily of circular cross section, the samebeing surrounded on its outside by a bottle rack 54, having in its circumference notches 56-=in the particular case here illustrated semi-circular ones, adapted to fitthe contour of the particular type of bottle which is to be handled by the device. The tooth relationship of the gear members 38 and 40 is such that, as the belt or conveyor 20 forces bottles through the trackway 44- 46 onto the table top 16, they move one by one into the notches 56 moving into place to receive them, with the result that the bottles will be carried by the table top 16 in a uniform circular, path 'around the central axis of shaft 14, as clearly indicated in Figure 3. e

'Rigifdlysustained above and parallel to rotatable table 16 by'suitable rods or posts 58 .is an annular frame 60 of approximately the samediameteras member 54. This ring 60has: in its outer circumference a plurality ofysuitabl y formed vertical slots 62', each traversed by a vertical bar 64,-equipped at its-lower end with .anattaching mechanism 66, by'means of which the'siphon'mechanism of Figures 5-7 may be detachably secured; Eachbar 64 has journalled upon it a cam roller 68 adapted to travel on a semicircular cam 70, having downwardly iii-- clinedends 72 and 74; This cam 70 is stationarily supported by any conventional mechanismas, for instance, the upper portions of upright frame members 12 which, as

shown, extend high enough to carry a top member 76, over which a horizontal water pipe 78 passes, to a valve 80 and down spout pipe 82 designed to deliver liquidsupplied from any suitable source, through pipe, 78, to the tank 52. v v

, The siphon, which is attached to the bottom of each rod 64, maysofar as the parts thus far described are concerned be of any conventional form. The particular one:

member 86 into the bottle 42 below it, In the side of member 86, and immediately adjacent to this conical member 90, is a port 92 coverable and in the position of Figure 5 closed by a tube 94 slidable on pipe 86. The lower end of member 94 fits closely against the base of cone 90 to form a seat 9-6, so that when the parts are in the position of Figure 5, it is impossible for any liquid to pass the tube 94 to or from pipe 86. Rigidly mounted on tube 94 is a block 89 adapted'to in the position of Figure 6 rest on the top of the bottle 42, and thus hold tube 94 stationary with reference thereto while the pipe 86 moves into the bottle tothe position of Fig ure 6 to' thereby'open the port 92.

Suitably mounted at a predetermined point on thelower end of pipe88 and enclosing it for some distance from its bottom is a cup 100 adapted in all positions of the device to keep a definite quantity of liquid 102 on this lower end of-pipe 88,"therebyin-" suring the siphon mechanisms :retaining sufficient liquid throughout its entire length so that when the parts are in the position of Figure 5,-a slight leakage may takeplace through port 92 and valve seat- 96 inthe other arm ofthe siphonwithout the siphon losing its liquid and thereby destroyingits operativeness when it: is next moved to the position of scribed. V V v This tank 100 is of 'great. importance this invention because iti-doesaw'ay-withf a, valve mechanism at the lower end of pipe 88 analogous to the valve at the lower end of pipe 86 and the mechanism which would have to be installed in or adjacentto the.

tank 52 to openesuch valve mechanism when the lower end of pipe" entersthe liquid 102 in tank 52. It is because of the absence of a mechanism doing what this tank-100' does that-it-has heretofore been practically impossible to operate a device of this character in which the-bottles travel only in a horizontal plane as they do in this device The siphon devices 'of. Figures 5 to 7 are so mounted'on the bars .64that the-tanks 100 lie in a circle around the inside of tank '52as clearly shown inFigureZt. 'Inside the circle of cups or tanks-100 and perforated to slide vertically onpipe 82, in a' float 106. Slidable vertically on the bottom portion of pipe 82 is a cup pipe 108 having a side port 110, closed, in the position of Figure 1, but automatically opened when it moves down beyond the lower end of pipe 82. This pipe 108 carries a vertically adjustableeollar 111 having on it a projecting clamp 112 or other lug adapted to be engaged. by the upper edge ofthe float 106 so that said float as. it

moves upward. under the influence of a rise in the level of liquid supplied to tank 52 through pipe82-and port carries pipe 108 up high enough to close port 110 and Figure. as hereinafter de-' Inc a prevent furtheitflowl of liquidfrom pipe lectively adjusting collar-111 lon: pipe 108, the operator can determine the ilocation .1 :of water level 114 in tank .52;:and; thereby determine the height to which: bottles v-12 are filled. .Jjlfii H s; 121;

Inioperation o'f theIentire mechanism, the operator first makes the adjustment just described, so that the float 106 will shut off the supply of liquid delivered through pipes 7 882 to the tank to maintain the level 114: at the proper point to properly fill the bot tles which are to be passed through the machine. In actual practice as the machine operates, there is a continuous, step by step movement of this valve'lOS, admitting liquid to the tank 52 to maintain this level 114, as the bottles on the table are being filled in the manner hereafter described.

Having adjusted the float mechanism to thus properly maintain'the level for the bottles which are to be filled, the bottles 42 are placed by an operator'on the left hand end of belt 20 which carries them, in the manner described, to the trackway 4H6 through which it forces them onto the rotating table 16 where they fit one at a time into the notches 56 directly under the conical members 90 of the sip-hon devices heretofore de scribed. When once in place on the table, they are carried completely around it until they are switched off from it by the: trackwa 4850 and thencecariried by the belt 20 to the right hand side of the machine where they are removed for corking or other handling as may be desired.

While the bottles 42 are on the front, viz.: lower half of table 16, as viewed in Figure 3, the rollers 68 controlling the siphon devices for those particular bottles are traveling on the main part of cam 70 and,-therefore, the siphon devices for those particular bottles are in the position ofFigure 5 which allows the bottles to slip into place on the table under the guidance of trackways 44- 46, or to leave the table under the guidance of trackways 4850, as the case may be, without interference from these siphons. As soon, however, as a bottle, placed on the table by trackway 4H6, passes below cam track end 74, the roller 68, controlling the siphon for that particular bottle, travels down that trackway thereby allowing the siphon for that bottle to move by gravity fromvthe position of Figure 5 to that of Figure 6in which cup 100 enters the liquid of the tank; the block 89 rests on the neck of the bottle and port 92 opens. The minute the parts assume this position, the siphon starts to operate in ordinary manner to cause liquid to flow over the edge of cup 100 into pipe 88; thencethrough member 84: down pipe 86 and through port 92 into the bottle. The machine travels slow enough so that as the {bottle travels zaround the rear? half -;of the? table, :vizz its upper; half, as shownj in Figure, =3,- tliere is a'suffic'ient time forenough liquid Bio travelfifrom the tank ;,52} {into the bottle to *fill'it tonth'e level determined by: the float; mechanism 106, heretofore described. Then, now, tl1e bottle in 1 its travel on the table-16 jpasses under Foam; track tend 72, the roller 68-controlling the siphon mechanism of that particular bottletravels up this member 7 2 to track 70 thereby moving that particular siphon from the position of Fig ure 6 to that of Figure 5 and thus getting it out of the way'of the upper end of the bottle so that the bottle can be carried off from the table by trackway mechanism 4850.

As the cam- 72operates, as just described, 7.

and lifts the siphon mechanism from the position of Figure 6, the cup 100 fills itself with liquid 102, thus sealing the lower end of pipe 88 so that it is impossible for the siphon to discharge and lose itself through pipe 88 in the manner which anyone skilled in the art will understand would bethe case were no seal provided at this point. During this same upward movement of the siphon, pipe 86 is drawn upward in tube 94: until port 92 is closed by tube 94, thus'making a 7 practical seal of the siphon at this point.

As the lower arm of'pipe 86 is considerably below the upper suface of liquid retained in cup 100, the siphon cannot destroy itself,

viz: have all the liquid run out of it, until there has been sufficient, leakage through port 92 to admit air enough to destroy the iph-on in conventional manner. In actual practice, there is not sufiicient time for this reason a siphon and its bottle fail to register with each other so that the siphon enters the bottle as described, and, on the other hand the bottle holds the siphon up in the air, so to speak, as it travels the circuit of the table,

no damage can result because the siphon mechanisms are moved downward by gravity only on the frame 60; that is to say, there is no rigid downward forcing mechanism to be broken when the siphon fails to enter the bottle as it should.

' What I claim is: 1 In a'bottle filling machine, a frame, a tur table mounted on said frame between the I upper and lower, ends thereof, a tank supfrom-said turn table, a ring supported by said uprights in 'spacement above the tank and concentric with the turn table, vertically extending guidewaysrca rri'ed by the ring, bars; slid-able in said guideways respectively, a siphon mechanism carried by each bar, a rail carried by the frame and extending partly around said ring, said rail having and control lowering. of the bars and said siphon mechanisms. v V In Witness whereof, I havehereunto subscribed my name.

' ARTHUR I. RISSER. 

